Heavy rains and floods caused havoc in China’s capital Beijing, 44 killed; 9 missing
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Beijing: So far, 44 people have died while 9 people are missing due to floods due to torrential rains during the last one week in Beijing, the capital of China. Local authorities have given information about this on Thursday. Officers have been conducting disaster relief and rescue operations in Beijing for the last four days, while the roads have been damaged due to heavy rains again. The power supply has been disrupted and large -scale people have been evacuated to safe places.
President Xi has given relief and rescue orders
Government news agency ‘Xinhua’ quoted local authorities as saying that 44 people have been killed and 9 others are missing in rain -related incidents. According to local officials, there have been reports of people’s deaths due to stormy rains and floods from the northern mountainous districts of Beijing and the floods. Heavy rains started on Saturday. Earlier, on Monday, President Xi Jinping ordered every effort to deal with floods and geological disasters and to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property.
China Rain and Flood
Rain caused China to suffer
Floods and geological disasters due to heavy rains are currently affected parts of China. According to several official media reports, more than 80,000 people have been sent to a safe place in Beijing alone, while 31 roads have been damaged due to stormy rains and power supply in 136 villages has been disrupted.
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China’s Finance Ministry and the Emergency Management Ministry on Tuesday allocated 35 crore yuan (US $ 4.89 million) to the Central Government’s Disaster Relief Fund for 9 regions of the provincial level including flood -affected Beijing. According to the report of the news agency ‘Xinhua’, on Tuesday, the National Development and Reform Commission of China said that it had allocated 200 million yuan (US $ 2.8 million) for disaster relief efforts in Beijing. (Language)
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